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Percussionist, Bandleader, Vocalist, Historian, Clinician and Educator Kelli Rae Tubbs stops by to talk about being the “world’s oldest intern” for the Everwood Arts Foundation, playing gigs, researching drumset players who are women, and getting into the instrument rental business (03:35), her current work as a performer, speaker, and “Riverlorian” on riverboats in the Midwest (26:40), her enjoyment of studying history and being a bandleader (45:00), and growing up in Chicago in Minnesota, finding “her people”, and navigating some challenging times earlier in her life (55:00).
Finishing with a Rave on rewatching the 1998 film Elizabeth (01:16:00).
Kelli Rae Tubbs links:
Kelli Rae Tubbs’s website
Kelli Rae Tubbs’s research on women who play drumset
Kelli Rae Tubbs’s YouTube channel
Kelli Rae Tubbs’s Facebook page
MSP Percussion Rental and Repair
Kelli Rae Tubbs’s ReverbNation Arrangements page
Other Links:
Daniel Glass
Everwood Farmstead Foundation
Christmas in the Dells
Clara Schumann
W.C. Handy
Fate Marable
The Funk Brothers play “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg”
“Rhinestone Cowboy” - Glen Campbell
“Ring of Fire” - Johnny Cash
“Georgy Girl” - The Seekers
“Moonchild?In Your Quiet Place” - Gary Burton
Steve Swallow
Raves:
Elizabeth trailer
University of Arkansas – Little Rock Percussion (UALR) Professor and Director of Instrumental Music Justin Bunting returns to talk about going to Belmont University (TN) for his master’s degree and meeting his future wife there (02:25), going to UNCG for his doctorate and studying with 3 different professors there, along with his time teaching at Western Colorado University (18:30), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions portion, including segments on percussion performance and physicality, percussion and parenting, how to do a Justin Bunting impression through clothing, pro wrestling, percussion books, and being inspired by drip painting and modern art (35:15).
Finishing with a Rave on Jennette McCurdy’s book and her appearance on Marc Maron’s podcast (01:06:15).
Justin Bunting Links:
Part 1 with Justin Bunting
Justin Bunting’s website
Blue Line Duo
Justin Bunting’s UALR page
Studies in Rosewood
Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:
Neeraj Mehta in 2018
Eric Willie in 2022
Mark Ford in 2023
Nathan Daughtrey in 2016
Other Links:
Susan Powell
Christopher Norton
Joe Krygier
Portraits in Rhythm - Anthony Cirone
“Rotation IV” - Eric Sammut
Marimba Concerto - Emmanuel Séjourné
Nashville Philharmonic Orchestra
Chester Thompson
Todd London
Kris Keeton
Nomi Marcus
Michael Spiro
Greg Haynes
Forrest Gump trailer
Back to the Future trailer
Sharknado trailer
Kitchen Confidential - Anthony Bourdain
Touched by Sound - John Wyre
NEXUS
Manny Ramirez
Cleveland Cavaliers 2016 highlights
Roman Reigns
Biography: WWE Legends
Kraus’ Pizza
“Nagoya Marimbas” - Steve Reich
Drip Painting
Raves:
I’m Glad My Mom Died - Jennette McCurdy
Jennette McCurdy on the WTF Podcast
University of Arkansas-Little Rock (UALR) Director of Instrumental Music and Percussion Studies Justin Bunting stops by to talk about the program at UALR, getting the job, and the city of Little Rock (03:40), the Blue Line Duo and performing with his wife, Cassie (25:30), the “Percussion Pitmasters” Facebook page (33:15), growing up in Canton, OH, the nature of accents, and his years performing in handbell choir (40:00), and his undergrad years at the Ohio State University (54:25).
Finishing with a Rave on a recent professional performance (01:08:50).
Justing Bunting Links:
Justin Bunting’s website
Blue Line Duo
Justin Bunting’s UALR page
Previous podcast guest mentioned:
Lamon Lawhorn in 2020
Other Links:
Lorissa Mason
Christopher Norton
Susan Powell
Joseph Krygier
“Carpe Diem” - Susan Powell
“Catching Shadows” - Ivan Trevino
Char-Griller BBQ
Power of the Pen
Roger Braun
Roger Hall
Ohio State Drums Downtown
Raves:
The Missouri Symphony
Landlocked Opera
University of Oklahoma Lecturer in World Music and Principal Timpanist with the Missouri Symphony Orchestra (MOSY) Chrissie Souza stops by to talk about her job at OU (03:15), playing with MOSY and working with other local orchestras (12:30), growing up in Southeast Missouri and her musical upbringing (24:50), attending the U.S. Percussion Camp and discussing her undergrad years at the University of Missouri (31:45), attending OU for her master’s and doctorate degrees, working for OU Press, her dissertation on Marimba Concertos, and eventually working as faculty there (47:40), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including her experiences being a woman in the percussion and world music fields, great books, and eating incredible food in Brazil (01:10:55).
Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 documentary series Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World(01:39:10).
Chrissie Souza links:
Chrissie Souza’s Oklahoma University page
Missouri Symphony Website
Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:
Julia Gaines in 2016
Megan Arns in 2017
Lance Drege in 2017
Aaron Ragsdale in 2017
Iain Moyer in 2019
Nathan Daughtrey in 2021
Jeff Calissi in 2017
Julia Spencer in 2021
Lance Drege in 2017
Cort McClaren in 2022
Other Links:
Ricardo Souza
Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate
Wilbur Lin
Symphony No. 9, Second Movement - L.V. Beethoven
Johnny Lee Lane
Tim Adams
Nena Lorenz
McNair Scholars Program
Concertino - Paul Creston
Michael Budds
Ed Dolbashian
John Cheetham
Eva Szekely
Amy Knopps
“Stained Glass” - David Gillingham
“Toccata” - Carlos Chavez
“Living Room Music” - John Cage
“Ionisation” - Edgard Varese
Richard Gipson
NCPP
Jeremy Brunk
Brian Tinkel
Stefan Ice
Marimba Concerto - Jorge Sargimentos
Concertino for Xylophone and Orchestra - Toshiro Mayuzumi
Concerto for Marimba and Band - David Long
Interstellar trailer
Inception trailer
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Tana French
“Nagoya Marimbas” - Steve Reich
Raves:
Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World
Recent Mizzou Master’s Of Music in Percussion Performance graduate Olivia Sletteland stops by to talk about some of the music she played at the University (03:25), her experiences with the Mizzou New Music Ensemble (NME) (10:45), the issues and concerns she and her cohort have about the world of percussion, and the wonderful group of people she studied with (25:10), growing up in western Wisconsin, getting into percussion, her piano and cello background, and playing sports (37:40), attending the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire for undergrad, doing indoor drumline, and traveling with the marching band (49:25), her experiences during the Pandemic (01:01:10), how Mizzou came on her radar after undergrad (01:10:15), and ends with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on sound quality from percussion performers, being an LGBTQIA+ woman in percussion, great breakfast food, The Minnesota Vikings, “Good Mythical Morning”, great books, wild performance moments, and the composer Alex Ring Gray (01:17:40).
Finishing with a Rave on a live performance by the U.K. band The Last Dinner Party (01:54:15).
Olivia Sletteland links:
Olivia Sletteland’s website
Mizzou New Music Ensemble
Previous Podcast Guests Mentioned:
Sarah Hasekamp in 2024
Mary Emmons in 2024
Miles Bohlman in 2024
Jeremiah Ingram in 2023
Megan Arns in 2017
Julia Gaines in 2016
Tammy Fisher in 2019
Matthew Lau in 2021
Emily Salgado in 2021
Andrea Venet in 2018
Maria Finkelmeier in 2018
Colleen Clark in 2023
Other Links:
“Searching” - Matthew Keown
Alex Stopa
“Loops” - Von Hansen
“Patter” - Robert Honstein
“Comfort Patterns” - Anna Meadors
“Boris Kerner” - Caroline Shaw
“Song of Alma” - Andrew Beall
“Ma Non Troppo” - Giovanni Porfirio
“The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: Ambedo” - Anna Socolofsky
“TLC” - Juri Seo
Terri Lyne Carrington
José G. Martinez
Patricia Martinez
Alarm Will Sound
Andrea Luque Káram
Stefan Freund
Khemia Ensemble
Jacob Schnitzer
Jeff Crowell
Sean Connors
Adrian Peterson’s 296-yard game
Vikings-Saints 2009 NFC Championship Game
Interstellar trailer
Interstellar Soundtrack - Hans Zimmer
Borat trailer
Good Omens - Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
David Tennant
Under the Whispering Door - T.J. Klune
Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
American Gods - Neil Gaiman
Good Mythical Morning
Sleeping Giant Provincial Park
Banff
Wall Drug (South Dakota)
Badlands National Park
Alex Ring Gray
Raves:
The Last Dinner Party website
The Last Dinner Party on “What’s In My Bag?”
Prelude to Ecstasy - The Last Dinner Party
Recent Mizzou Master’s in Percussion Performance Graduate and Adjunct Professor of Music at St. Cloud State University (MN) Mary Emmons returns to talk about her undergraduate years at the University of Tennessee-Martin (01:15), the challenges of the pandemic and performing her recital there (11:45), getting to Mizzou for grad school and a discussion of her excellent professors over the years (23:10), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including discussions of being an LGBTQIA+ woman in the field of percussion, her twin sister, great books and films, working at a grocery store growing up, and seeing great visual art (38:40).
Finishing with a Rave on Alanis Morissette on and her Triple Moon Tour (01:08:10).
Mary Emmons Links:
Mary Emmons’s homepage
Part 1 with Mary Emmons
Previous Podcast Guests Mentioned:
Julie Hill in 2019
Shane Jones in 2019
Chelsea Tinsler Jones in 2019
Dan Piccolo in 2020
Megan Arns in 2017
Julia Gaines in 2016
Andy Smith in 2021
Other Links:
Brady Spitz
Jody Diamond
Lou Harrison
Henry Cowell
Ben Toth
“Time for Marimba” - Minoru Miki
“Monkey Chant” - Glenn Kotche
About Time trailer
Moe’s Original BBQ
ThanksKilling trailer
My Lovely Wife - Samantha Downing
One Last Stop - Casey McQuiston
“Drumming” - Steve Reich
Nief-Norf
Raves:
Alanis Morissette tour
Recent graduate of the University of Missouri Master’s Degree in Percussion Performance Mary Emmons stops by to talk about some of the literature she got to play during her time at Mizzou (03:05), her graduate assistantship responsibilities as percussion teaching assistant (18:35), her individual cohort members that she did her degree with (31:10), and growing up in Selmer, TN, slugburgers at Pat’s Café, and percussion being (somewhat) the family business (54:15).
Finishing with a Rave on Naomi Klein’s 2023 book Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World (01:16:00).
Mary Emmons links:
Mary Emmons’ website
Other Podcast Guests Mentioned:
Sarah Hasekamp in 2024
Miles Bohlman in 2024
Megan Arns in 2017
Julia Gaines in 2016
Evan Chapman in 2019
Caleb Pickering in 2022
Jeremiah Ingram in 2023
Dan Piccolo in 2020
Other Links:
“See Ya Thursday” - Steve Mackey
“Monkey Chant” - Glenn Kotche
“Glymur” - Evan Chapman
“Non-Prophets” - Caleb Pickering
“Particle Wave” - Kirsten Volness
Utku Asuroglu
“Two Movements for Marimba” - Toshimitsu Tanaka
“Time for Marimba” - Minoru Miki
“Planet Damnation” - John Psathas
“The Spirit & The Dust” - Dinuk Wijeratne
Nief-Norf
Brady Spitz
Mitchell Peters
Pat’s Cafe - Selmer, TN
Raves:
Doppelganger - Naomi Klein
University of Kentucky Professor Erin Walker Bliss returns to talk about her master’s degree years at DePaul University (IL) (01:40), getting her doctorate at the University of Kentucky, studying with Jim Campbell, the challenges of raising kids with a spouse in the same field, and getting better at hosting folks (10:40), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on “Chopping Out”, her experiences as a woman in the fields of percussion and ethnomusicology, great movies and books, the Olympics, Harry Potter, Anne of Green Gables, Lego, and much more (21:00).
Finishing with a Rave on the 1994 film S.F.W. (56:45).
Erin Walker Bliss Links:
Part 1 with Erin Walker Bliss
Erin Walker Bliss’s Central Music Academy page
Erin Walker Bliss’s University of Kentucky page
Other Podcast Guests mentioned:
Andy Bliss from 2023
Rich Holly from 2020
Mark Ford from 2023
Julie Hill from 2019
Abby Fisher from 2021
Other Links:
James Campbell
Kassandra Kocoshis
Nief-Norf
James Ross
Ted Atkatz
Eric Millstein
Michael Green
Robert Chappell
Christopher Deane
Simone Biles
Suni Lee
The Parent Trap trailer
Happy Gilmore trailer
Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer
The Harry Potter Series - JK Rowling
The Anne of Green Gables Series - LM Montgomery
The Guns of Navarone - Alistair Maclean
The Space Shuttle Challenger
The Space Shuttle Columbia
Free Solo trailer
“Fly Away” - Lenny Kravitz
Cumberland Falls State Park
National Guild for Community Arts Education
The Kennedy Center
Grandma Moses
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Raves:
S.F.W. trailer
University of Kentucky Senior Lecturer of Global Music and Central Music Academy Director Erin Walker Bliss stops by to talk about her job at UK, the world of ethnomusicology, living in another state, and her research on Scottish Pipe Band Music (04:00), the Central Music Academy, its mission, and working in the non-profit world (38:00), growing up (mostly) in DeKalb, IL, her father the vulcanologist and music connoisseur, starting percussion relatively late, working in tech theater and her time as an Academic Bowl star (51:30), and her undergrad years at Northern Illinois University (01:05:10).
Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 documentary series Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution (01:16:45).
Erin Walker Bliss Links:
Erin Walker Bliss’s Central Music Academy page
Erin Walker Bliss’s University of Kentucky page
Previous Podcast Guests Mentioned:
Andy Bliss from 2023
Brad Meyer from 2021
Matthew Geiger from 2019
Rich Holly from 2020
Raychel Taylor from 2020
James Yakas from 2023
Alexis C. Lamb from 2021
Kristie Ibrahim from 2024
Other links:
James Campbell
Liam Teague
Robert Chappell
Clifford Alexis
Kay Kaufman Shelemay
Jordan Munson
Kassandra Kocoshis
Christian Swafford
Nief-Norf
Birch Creek Music Academy
Al O’Connor
Ted Atkatz
Eric Millstein
Empty Bottle
Michael Gould
Orlando Cotto
Gregory Beyer
Ben Wahlund
James Ross
Brent Roman
Raves:
Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution trailer
Alcorn State University (MS) Chair for the Department of Fine Arts Sean Daniels returns to the show to talk about his work as a middle school and high school teacher after his master’s degree, working at Hampton University (VA) and getting recruited to work at Benedict College (SC) and getting connected to UNCG for his doctorate (04:15), his time working on his doctorate, his hectic schedule, the two of us playing together, and working with Cort McClaren (45:00), and closing with a portion of the Random Ass Questions segment, including discussions of developing well-rounded percussionists, his extensive history and mission working at HBCUs and the good and bad of his time within the Percussive Arts Society, and the many works of art that have inspired him (01:05:45).
Finishing with a Rave on the David Halberstam’s 1981 masterpiece The Breaks of the Game (01:50:30).
Sean Daniels Links:
Part 1 with Sean Daniels
Sean Daniels’ website
Sean Daniels at Alcorn State
Colour of Music Festival
Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:
Cort McClaren in 2022
Kenyon Williams in 2017
Jovon Milford in 2021
Thomas Spann, Jr. in 2021
Derrick Greene in 2021
Eric Willie in 2022
Mark Ford in 2023
Elizabeth DeLamater in 2019
Other Links:
William Revelli
Elizabeth Green
Joe Shively
Steve Haines
John Locke
“Gnomes and Other Twilight Creatures” - Dan Moore
“Bag’s Groove” - Milt Jackson
“All Night Long” - Lionel Richie
Bolero - Maurice Ravel
Paul Yancich
Dennis DeLucia
Pedro Orey
Neal Flum
James Latimer
Johnny Lee Lane
Camille Winbush
“That Will Be Good Enough For Me” - Rance Allen
Tribute to Wayne Shorter at Kennedy Center Honors
Links:
The Breaks of the Game - David Halberstam
Bill Simmons on The Breaks of the Game
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